Disasters

Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good
The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing.
100 days of oil: Gulf life will never be the same
A hundred days ago, shop owner Cherie Pete was getting ready for a busy summer serving ice cream and po-boys to hungry fisherman. Local official Billy Nungesser was planning his wedding. Environmental activist Enid Sisskin was preparing a speech about the dangers of offshore drilling.
A teenager jogging along a parkway in Duluth was hit by lightning when a storm rolled through northeastern Minnesota.
North Dakota State University officials say they are cleaning manure out of a drainage ditch after a temporary pump broke down.
American Robert Dudley will become BP PLC's first ever non-British chief executive, the company said Tuesday as it reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover costs of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Authorities say a 32-year-old St. Paul man has apparently drowned in Mankato. The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Department said Teng Vue's body was pulled from eight feet of water in an area between the Blue Earth River and the Minnesota River.